Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, the immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, has already apologized to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Ndigbo, and friends of Ndigbo for the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu in Awka at Soludo’s inauguration ceremony on March 17, 2022.
This was despite her announcement that she will run for the Anambra North Senatorial District in the next election.
“My inclination to enter the Senatorial contest is in reaction to an overwhelming demand and pleas from my people to represent them in the Senate at the National Assembly, Abuja,” Ebelechukwu told a small group of media in Awka.
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“As the lovely people of Anambra State have witnessed to, service to people, humanity, spreading love, and placing smiles on sad faces are my priorities in life,” she continues, “and I know that it is God’s plan since the Bible declares that God is Love.”
“As a result of seeing and being positively touched by my ever willing disposition to care for people, empower the poor and needy, especially women and children, especially widows, orphans, and the destitute,” she said, “my people decided that I should come and serve them better in a higher capacity.”
As a result, the former First Lady stated that she is eager, ready, and has accepted the invitation from her people to serve them.
Fielding questions about the incident between her and Bianca, Ebelechukwu said that she has put all of that behind her as a God-fearing person, adding that she remained grateful to God that she resisted and overcame the temptation to retaliate the physical assault meted out on her.
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She added that, “As a peaceful person that I am well known for, violence has never been in my character” and so she remained “grateful to several elders, statesmen, friends and associates of the Obianos, as well as countless number of good people of Anambra State who called and expressed their concerns and offered wise counsels and words of comfort after the unfortunate drama”.
In a letter addressed to Governor Soludo titled “A Public Apology”, Mrs Obiano stated that, “Permit me to use this medium to humbly convey to you my sincere, heartfelt and unreserved apology for the unfortunate incident between Mrs Bianca Ojukwu and myself on Thursday, March 17, 2022, the day of your inauguration as the new Executive Governor of Anambra State in which you took over from my husband, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano.
“The incident, to say the least, was most unnecessary, unfortunate and I regret my action. It was an unintended action as violence is never in my character.
“Your Excellency, Sir, I hold your person, your ideals, the records of your great accomplishments in public service in Nigeria and beyond, as well as their concomitant collosal impacts in public policies in highest esteem.
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“Without any equivocation, your achievements as a towering intellectual of national and international repute are enduring legacies and pride for the State and Ndigbo in general.
“I will therefore never deliberately engage in any activity or action to disrespect you and your Government.
“All those who know me can testify that before and throughout my eight years as the First Lady of State, I pursued peace, promoted philanthropic gestures which empowered many of our less privileged people. No excuse can therefore be tenable as justification for such public embarrassment, no matter the height of provocation.
“Equally, I wish to extend the same apology to all the important dignitaries, the people of Anambra State, as well as the entire Ndigbo for that unintended embarrassment at the occasion.
“I want to use this opportunity to pledge that I will wholeheartedly support and pray for the Government of His Excellency, Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, to excell exceedingly better than the immediate past government, even as he builds on the legacy of his predecessor, my husband, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano, and take our dear State to a higher level.
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“I consciously chose this medium to express my apology, goodwill, supports and prayers publicly to His Excellency, Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, as a token of my full respect for him, his family and the entire Ndigbo”, she stated.
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